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The Columbia Indoor Pool is an indoor year-round public pool facility located in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally constructed as an open-air pool in the late 1920s, a wooden-dome roof was added in 1975. The facility was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the closure declared permanent due to structural issues in December ...
The Halprin Open Space Sequence is a series of urban open spaces and pedestrian zones between Southwest Lincoln Street and Clay Street, in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Designed by Lawrence Halprin , the project was completed during 1966–1970, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 6, 2013. [ 1 ]
Portland, Oregon, roughly bounded by SW Taylor and Morrison Streets, both sides of SW 2nd Avenue, and the Willamette River: Coordinates: Area: 11.5 acres (4.7 ha) Architectural style: Italianate: NRHP reference No. 76001587 [1] Added to NRHP: July 30, 1976
Most streets in downtown Portland are one-way. Naito Parkway (two-way, formerly known as Front Avenue) is the farthest east, while most of the high-rises end by I-405 to the west. Interstate 5 runs on the opposite bank of the river, crossing over on the Marquam Bridge. U.S. Route 26 connects downtown Portland to the Oregon Coast and the Cascade ...
The Portland Penny, which was used by Lovejoy and Pettygrove to determine the name of the city, was used to determine the name of Lovejoy and Pettygrove Parks. [ 2 ] In addition to the fountain, the park also features a large copper-clad pavilion designed by Halprin's collaborator, American architect Charles Willard Moore .
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and over one-fourth of those are found partially or wholly in Portland. While these sites are widely spread across all six of Portland's quadrants, heavy concentrations are found in the Downtown and Southwest Hills neighborhoods of the Southwest ...
The Skidmore Fountain is a historic fountain in Portland, Oregon, United States. The fountain is a contributing property of and the namesake for the Skidmore/Old Town Historic District, which is also a National Historic Landmark. [1] The fountain has also been designated a Portland Historic Landmark and underwent restoration in 2005.
Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park is a 36.59-acre (148,100 m 2) park located in downtown Portland, Oregon, along the Willamette River. After the 1974 removal of Harbor Drive , a major milestone in the freeway removal movement, the park was opened to the public in 1978.